OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Police say they have arrested two women for prostitution and drug charges and a man in their hotel room for drug and obstruction charges.

Detectives "observed suspicious activity" near a Route 35 motel shortly after 10 p.m. on May 11, according to a prepared statement from Detective Lt. Timothy Torchia. "Their investigation led them to a motel room where they made contact with the three occupants."

Torchia said the two women inside, 31-year-old Brooke Welch of Neptune and 39-year-old Nakisha Sarson of Asbury Park, "were engaging in prostitution".